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This section looks at the demand for Oracle TopLink skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited TopLink over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOracle TopLink
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate-£575
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads497860
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.656 %0.857 %
Daily rates quoted114153
Average minimum daily rate£298£322
Average daily rate£320£337
% change on same period last year-4.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted1331
Average minimum hourly rate£28.05£27.05
Average hourly rate£30.83£29.30
% change on same period last year+5.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.62£31.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
TopLink UKTopLink
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

TopLink
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing TopLink across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland TopLink Demand Trend

TopLink
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing TopLink across the Scotland region.

Scotland TopLink Daily Rate Trend

TopLink
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing TopLink across the Scotland region.

Scotland TopLink Hourly Rate Trend

TopLink
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing TopLink also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited TopLink.

12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)SQL
12 (100.00 %)J2EE
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)Sybase
12 (100.00 %)WebServices
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)Java RMI
12 (100.00 %)Data Modelling
12 (100.00 %)OOD
12 (100.00 %)Eclipse
12 (100.00 %)Finance
12 (100.00 %)Hibernate
12 (100.00 %)Spring
12 (100.00 %)Derivative
12 (100.00 %)Interest Rate Derivative
12 (100.00 %)Web Development
12 (100.00 %)SWT
12 (100.00 %)Use Case

TopLink
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing TopLink also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited TopLink. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)J2EE
12 (100.00 %)WebServices
12 (100.00 %)Java RMI
12 (100.00 %)Hibernate
12 (100.00 %)Spring
12 (100.00 %)SWT
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (100.00 %)Eclipse
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Finance
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Java Developer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (100.00 %)Derivative
12 (100.00 %)Interest Rate Derivative
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)UNIX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)UML
12 (100.00 %)Data Modelling
12 (100.00 %)OOD
12 (100.00 %)Web Development
12 (100.00 %)Use Case
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)Sybase